- Sampson Nanton
Sampson Nanton (born
February 22 ,1977 ), is a journalist and televisionnews presenter in Trinidad and Tobago. He is currently the News Producer atCable News Channel 3 .Career History
Nanton began his career in journalism in September 1996 as a business reporter with the Daily Newsday in Trinidad and became head of operations at the Daily Newsday's Tobago Bureau in July 2001. In April 2003 Nanton joined
Caribbean Communications Network TV6 in Trinidad as a senior reporter and part-time news anchor, seen primarily on the morning shows. He leftCCN TV6 in August 2005 to join the newly formedCable News Channel 3 . He served as Assignment Editor with the station until his resignation in September 2006 following leaked sexual images [ [http://www.tntmirror.com/sunday/2006/oct01/story02.htm Cellphone sex sinks Sampson!] ] [ [http://www.tntmirror.com/friday/2006/sep29/story10.htm Sampson Nanton resigns!] ] [ [http://www.islandevents.com/gossip/article_3041.shtml Loose Lips (Gossip!)] ] . In February 2007 he rejoinedCable News Channel 3 as a Producer of The Early Morning Show before moving on to the position of News Producer.Career Highlights
*Nanton has served as a panelist on media affairs on several occasions and has participated in dozens of seminars on journalism across the Caribbean and the United States, with the
Reuters Foundation , the Commonwealth Broadcasters Association, theCaribbean Media Corporation and theBritish Broadcasting Corporation .
*He has worked as a freelance reporter for the Starbroek News ofGuyana , the Tobago News, the Trinidad Express, the Economic Times Magazine for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Trinidad and Tobago Airports Authority Yearbook, the Point Magazine, and the Caribbean Trakker magazine.
*Nanton was a columnist focusing on youth affairs with the Tobago News between 2001 and 2003.
*He has covered news stories across the Caribbean, in Great Britain, in West Africa and in the United States. Stories covered included an historic visit to Trinidad and Tobago byNelson Mandela in 2004, and interviews with UN Secretary GeneralKofi Annan ,Winnie Mandela , former US Secretaries of StateMadeleine Albright andColin Powell , World Cricket Record HolderBrian Lara and Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chávez .
*Nanton was a Trinidad and Tobago Youth Ambassador toThe Gambia in 2000 and was granted Honorary Citizenship to, and the Certificate of Futampaf of the West African country. He also served as a Trinidad and Tobago Youth Ambassador toSt Kitts and Nevis in 2002 and was the feature speaker at theUNESCO Caribbean Youth Gathering for Peace.
*Nanton hosted the second and third annual Tobago House of Assemby Youth Excellence Awards in 2004 and 2005 respectively and has served as Public Relations Officer of both the Tobago Youth Council and the National Youth Council of Trinidad and Tobago.Awards
*Nanton was named Journalist of the Year 2005 and Journalist of the Month in October 2005 by his employer
Cable News Channel 3 and has served two terms on the executive board of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago.
*In 2000 he was the chairman of the Media Committee for the National Youth Development Awards hosted by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.References
External links
*http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/print?id=26687837
*http://www.cpj.org/attacks99/americas99/Trinidad.html
*http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/JoannaGeorge.htm
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